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Re: Codename G-OS
- Subject: Re: Codename G-OS
- From: James Coupe <james@obeah.demon.co.uk.SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMEGGSCHIPSSPAM>
- Date: 1997/10/28
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- References: <62o7lh$lfk@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu> <3450E7DB.MD-0.198.zhulien@alphalink.com.au> <877729132snz@spheroid.demon.co.uk> <34520B3B.41C6@jhu.edu>
In article <34520B3B.41C6@jhu.edu>, Ernst Stavro Blofeld
<SPECTRE@jhu.edu> writes
>Brian Watson wrote:
>> Am I the only one to be worrying about a HAL that will be ready by 2001?
>
>Probably. We passed his birthday at the beginning of the year (April
>1997 I think). I wouldn't be surprised if IBM, in some secret back
>laboratory, put together a supercomputer they named HAL...and nobody
>will never know.
But did you know that Arthur C. Clarke has actually told us what HAL's
first words were?
They were to the effect of:
"Good morning doctors. I am taking this opportunity to inform you that
I have just wiped Windows '95 from my hard drive."
And that's not a lie.
--
James Coupe (remove items of food to reply via e-mail)
Dick: I lost your number....
Lucy: I work at the sheriff's office! You could have dialed 911!